The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1985. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1985. The source for this year is the Kent Music Report.[1]
| Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached | weeks at No. 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "We Are the World" | 1 | 9 | ||
| 2. | "Angel" / "Into the Groove" | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3. | "Crazy for You" | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4. | "Live it Up" | 2 | |||
| 5. | "I Want to Know What Love Is" | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6. | "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7. | "Money for Nothing" | 4 | |||
| 8. | "I Got You Babe" | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9. | "I Should Have Known Better (Jim Diamond song)" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10. | "Would I Lie To You?" | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11. | "Dancing in the Street" | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12. | "Take On Me" | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13. | "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" | 3 | |||
| 14. | "Shout" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15. | "One Night in Bangkok" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16. | "Born in the U.S.A." | 2 | |||
| 17. | "Neutron Dance" | 4 | |||
| 18. | "What You Need" | 2 | |||
| 19. | "Do They Know It's Christmas" | 1 | 4 | ||
| 20. | "We Don't Need Another Hero" | 1 | 3 | ||
| 21. | "Walking on Sunshine" | 4 | |||
| 22. | "The Heat Is On" | 2 | |||
| 23. | "The Power of Love" | 1 | 2 | ||
| 24. | "The Power of Love" | 1 | 2 | ||
| 25. | "Like a Virgin" | 1 | 5 (#1 in 1984 & 85) |
These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report.
